Ralph Norman "Buzz" Adams (August 26, 1924 – November 28, 2002) was a distinguished bioanalytical chemist at the University of Kansas.
He was drafted into the Army Air Corps in World War II, flying bombers in the Pacific theater.
After 2 years on the faculty at Princeton, Adams became a professor at KU in 1955.
[1] Adams' research interests began studying solid electrodes and Electrochemical cell reactions.
In later years, his research group changed direction and studied how electrical signaling in the brain underlie Neurological disorders such as Schizophrenia.